The Hope pioneer., 1887-11-18

refused offers Of coffee or other nourjshmen,
hnd ua a not weaken IN any way except when he
AT 11:a0 the final act in the tragedy bepar
Ihe sheriff and his deputies, with uncovered
heads, proceeded TO the cells OF the condemned
Whlcn the process OF pinioning the doomed mer
and clothing them in their white shrouds wa.
completed During this ordeal all were per
,eGtly calm, ain, and, though pale, on not one was
the final march to the gallows Fischer Leaned
PACK against the cage, and looking upward tc
the second tier OF CELLS, called out in firm bul
pleasant tones: :.%"Hallo, Samr'
In IN. jnstant Sam Fielden's pale face wa.
pressed against the bars of his cell door
EaaaI halo A;dplph" he replied. Then Spies ant
to Ensei bim also eaaS stepped back and looking
Goodbye forever, friend Schwab." The two
men whose sentences had been commuteG
Looked looks o,,l more more weary and agonzed thar
IN faltering tones bade them all goodbye, call
II ing eaGh oy his first name, and asking: Where
is Mr, Parsonsy' Here I am shouted Par
"Good-bye, Albert" said Fielden, and then he
fell on his cot in the cell and cried bitterly
Finally the arms Of Parsons were firmly pin
toned to his sides. Then began the last wall
on earth of the condemned Anarchists.
The men came on the platform in the follow.
ing order: Spies, Fischer, Engel and Parsons
IN ;hhey ", wore the white shrouds, and each tool
MS place h!mly. All were marvelouSly, des
perately, eXultantly. triumphantly calm.
Parsons raised his pale face and haughtily
surveyed the crowd.
Spies was very pale and his face was fur.
roWed with troubled frown.
Fischer smiled in cynical and bloodless
way.
Engel looked weaker than any of them, and
closing his eyes rocked trltie unsteadly. He
was spoken to by one of the attendants, and
instantly opening, his eyes turned his
head and smiled just as pleasantly
as though ns he were @ greeting friend on the
turned their heads to those behind them.
When Parsons legs were tied he looked down
and watcned the adjustment of the cord with a
smile Of curious interest. Fischer held his
head high in air and actually looked amused,
The nooscs were adjusted at 40, first to Spies
neck, then r. to Fischer's, Engels and Parsons
IN turn. Ihe men still maintained their haugh-
ty bearing. The white caps were then drawn
over their heads, Spies having his face covered
nrst For some reason Fischer was skipped,
the caps.
For an instant, there was a. dead silence,
ana then mournful, solemn voice sounded
from behind the first right-hand mask, and cut
me air like wall of sorrow and of warming.
Spies was speaking from behind his shroud,
me words seemed to drop into the cold silent
air like pellets of fire. Here is what he said =:
1T is not meet that should speak here.
Wnere my silence is more terrible than my
utterances."
Then deeper, stronger voice came out with
mufhed, mysterious cadence from behind the
white pail that hid the face of Fischer. He only
spoke eight words 'rhis is the happiest mo-
ment or my life"
1raln IS different one. 1t was firm, but the
melancholy wall was not in it, It was harsh.
loud, eXuitant. Engel was cheering for an
archy. Hurrah 1or anarchy Hurrah" were
the last words and the last cheer of George
Engel.
But now the weird ard ghastly scene was
prought to climax. Parsons alone remained
to speak. Out from behind his mask his voice
sounded more sad, and there was more
dreary, reproachful tone in it than even in
spies. May be allowed to speak? Oh, men
privilege OF speech even at the last momentf
Harken arr to the voice Skthe people ="
There was suddeH pause. Parsons never
SPOKE word more. sharp, creakng noise,
CRASH, slckcnms, cracking sound, and Spies,
Parsons. Fischer and Eugel were no NOR.
~, Inc drop was about five feet eight inches.
me stage on which the condemned mon stood
twenty feet in width. The entire height
of the structure must have been near
ly thirty-tive feet. The trap extended
midway across the platform, and when tho
rope was cut it receded to the further end of the
structure, leaving the four bodies suspended
about four feet from the ground. Tho method
employed EN- 1or this purpose is somewhat pecul-
lar. connected with the box and platform was
stout rope, VIII ch, when in u state Of tension
sustained the death drop. The signal given,
the man in the box placed a keen chisel on
fell. ''l"'''' 'ne 'iap
The body of Spies struggled fearfully at first.
Elscher d'd not move for q moment or two, and
ments, during which his cowl was disarranged,
exposing part of his face until the body was
turned around by the physician who was ex-
amining the pulse.
haa 1allen.. When Parsons body fell it re-
mained stationary for some moments. Then
nnen the head nodded back and forth while tho
sVulSed and the bosom heayed so hard
that It seemed rs il It would burst ,l.rst
hroe Of tie Whos bov aaether ha
tween life and death ended, aud at the end Of a
few seconds more than two minutes the doctor
declared Parsons to be dead.
~. The four physicians who examined respect
lvely the oodies or Parsons, Engel and Fischer
were satisfied that all these three had died
from strangulution. The doctor who examined
Sp,es seemed to be in doubt as to whether the
latters neck was broken or not, The three
other doctors, however, seemed to think that
Spies neck was not broken, but that h is strong
convulsive motions were due to slight slip
ping OF tho rope to higher position on the
neck than it should have been Euple had his
trachae or windpipc broken or rather torn.
When all the bouies had been arranged in
the coiIns, the physicans made another ex-
ANIMATION, ana then the lids were placed on
the collins, and the work was done.
me condemned men directed that their
bodies be turned over to their wives, except
Spies, who wanted his body given to his
mother Their wishes will be respected, and
Coroner Hertz has directed that the BODY Of
Llngg pc gwen to Mrs. Engel and the Carprn-
ters' Union IN accordance with Linggs request.
SO that they may all be buried together
The news was received silently almost sud-
denly, by the crowd in the vicinity of the jail,
which soon melted away. 1t was estimated by
Lieutenant Steele that only about 5000 people
were in the crowd around the Jail but thew
were kept constantly moving AS the crowd
was turned, and about 500 people gathered in
the street. A man whose face and dress was
that OF an artisan cried with Il loud voice: 1.-THE
American people will be ashamed of this Is
the murder or four brave menP' The people
said not word.
The bodies of the Anarchists were removed
from the Jail in the afternoon. There was no
quietly hurried OFF to two undertakers' shops,
Where they were prepared for removal to the
residences Of their families The bodies of
LlEgg ana Ehgel were taken out of the iail
frst' Lingg had expressed desire to be buried
with his companions, and Coroner Hertz had
issued nas an order requiring that Lingg's body be
At the undertakers the bodies Wers
taken from the plain collins and placed
IN handsome black caskets Engers face was
around his neck, there was nothing to suggest
that he had just died a violent death Lnggs
mangled ma lace was swathed in bloody bandages,
,,.l Dut me eyes aud nose were visible. His face
blood eN' 'S' -
The bodies of Spies, Fischer and Parsons
VIZ lakGH iIWay from the Jail about AS
o clock. For Spies the hcarse had been pro-
vlded: There was some trouble in getting away
from lhe crowd that tailed onto the last wagon.
but rapid driving freed the procession from this
annoyance Followed by string of cabs and
preceded tne by carriage containing the commit
Ne, me nearse and wagons moved speedily to
Mueller's undertaking establishments ut 496
Milwaukee avenue.
:, After Engels body had been prepared for
burial the undertnker permitted the large
crowd on the outside to view the remains. those
0I o., Lingg being at that time not presentable.
Ihen poured through the small room hundreds
OF people. They were old neighbors of Engel
1or Tor his residence stood but two blocks away.
Mingling with them were many me.
chanics and laborers, few businessmen
and an many, women, residents of that vicinity,
inc inc sprlnkling of personal friends OF Engel
was very large, as was eyinced by their re-
marks. Tie feelings exhibited, besides those
OF curiosity, were Of pity and sympathy rather
IMAM OF vindlctiveness and revenge. The
crowd became so large that, with the aid of a
Policeman, the doors were closed after
upward OF 1000 had viewed the remains.
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